Trachoma Free India
In many countries of the world including India, controlling the serious eye disease trachoma remained a challenge. However, now the eye disease called trachoma has been completely eliminated in India. Yes, the country has completely got rid of trachoma. India has become the third country to eradicate this disease in South Asia. Earlier this disease has also been eliminated from Nepal and Myanmar. WHO i.e. World Health Organization has praised and congratulated the country on this achievement of India.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said India has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Millions of people suffered from eye problems due to this debilitating disease. We congratulate India for this. Let us tell you that WHO along with the Government of India made efforts to eliminate trachoma. Earlier, India had eliminated diseases like plague, leprosy and polio.
What is trachoma?
Trachoma is an eye disease which, if not treated timely, can result in blindness. This is a type of infectious disease which is spread by a bacterium named Chlamydia trachomatis. Due to infection, the skin inside the eyelids starts becoming rough. Due to which the risk of irritation, pain, watering of eyes, blurred vision and even corneal damage increases. These reasons can also become the reason for your blindness. This infection can happen to anyone any number of times. If this happens repeatedly, the eyelids start turning inwards, resulting in loss of vision.
How does trachoma infection spread?
According to health experts, this infection spreads from one person to another. And it can also spread to humans through flies. Children are more at risk of this infection. There can be many reasons for this. Which includes living in dirty, crowded places, not taking care of cleanliness, using public toilets. To avoid this, it is important to take care of clean water supply and cleanliness.
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